Method of and machine for making wire-glass.



Patented m 24, 192 a.

A METHOD 01 mm M PLIUA J. BAi-IJWINa AUHINE FOR MAKING WIRE GLASS.

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ll" BALBXVIN, 'E

ZEEIHQD :31 AND MACHINE FOR ORANGE, NEW JERSEY.

MAKING NIRE-GLASS.

App icalzion filad July 8, 196?.

a all whom may emu/em:

B it lmnwn that i, iTFUR MALDWU:

a gilizen of ihe lilnlteil Stains, r- 4 ilrzzngn cnnniy of Essex nnclStale of i haw invented a C i'l'iilll l 153W and "l ni iinpifme itholls0" a (l illn- .la. of which the following a full, clear, and exactdescription, snch as will enable ()lllOl'S skillml in the are to whichf; zipnei'lnins w make and use the .ie, *encc being had to the accumpnnyng (h'm'vings, forming part of his spvcilinnl ion, in Which-- Figure 1 nsectinnzil 'VlQW 0 n conventinnnl lllliflllllllfill of a mnchine i'nrmaking nil-c glass llCfifilLilllg in my iinpi'nvmnenl; Fig. J in an endirlevziiionnl View. partly in sm'linn. of {he i'nwlmnism shown in Fig,1; and to 8 inclusive ni'c unnvenl'innnl E1 a sectional views showingnindiiinel jilll'lllhf.

This invention relates lo a: new llllll useful inipi'i'ii'mi iii in thelllOl'ilQll (if and machine im nml: wire glass, the (shim-l being V0peripheral. speed in llm {mining}; mlh s for causing the win: in heSpecification of Letters Patent of the pi'lch line, of its cenjoinedgear;

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The brand idea Of my invention may he said in consist in using, in ltheformation 4: sheet of Wire glass, and in connection with olhoi' suitableand related apparatus, a 1' Her having an excessive peripheral spaed thesurface of which roller crowds or pushes; hack the, glass (we the wiiemesh as (he hitter is being introduced into the freshly laid sheet ofglass. This may be zipplid lo the well understood single pour prowessand apparatus disclosed in the Shnman Patent No. 483,020, issuedSeptember 20, 1892, as, for exznnple, by providing the Wire-embeddingi'nllei' with means such as corrugations thnf i'nn longitudinally of sherolle and extend beyond the cliainelei' 01'. similzi in to thewire-embedding mller of the i ictlei's Patent to Shninnn No. (305,754,Llill'Lll June 1 1, 1898.

is will he understood from subsequent (l0- scripltion, my invention issusceptible of widely varying use in Wire glass manufaclurcl, fornxzunrle in bhe twoq'imn' provesses exemplified in the patents toi"h5lllll ll34 Ne. TllLZlT, ilnlml lllfay 3Q 1895. and Rvissne No.12,443 (hllull lnnnzu'y 30, 1896.

in i s. 1 null "2 I have illnsli'nl'wl :1 (Mils nclinn for Qnii' jin;out the hmnil llllll and an nnmvn Oi' nnilnynnli snrl'an-u ill'U-(llH'Pti 21 Shown in Fig. l. (l inilir-nlvs win llllHll \Vllll'll isl'ml iwlwvvn the. Fuller 3 and {he pour ml glnss 5, The nmllnn glassrill ill 'n'ii'u invsh. ll

29 y hnryin l l) shun, of n'n'n glam; ihns any ini'nni'inin in n'hivh linilivnlvs n lnhlv lOO formed shall be left with this ondoyant surface,the sheet can now be considered comlete.

In Fig. 1, I have shown a smoothing roller 7 which acts upon the unevenupper surface of the sheet, the diameter of this smoothing roller beingcoincident with the diameter of the pitch line of its conjoined gear 8which meshes with a rack 9 alongside of the rack 2. The action of thissmoothing roller 7 is to impart to the upper surface of the sheet ofglass a smooth even surface.

in Fig. 3, l have shown a construction in all respects similar to thatshown in Fig. 1, except that the forward roll 3* is formed with recessesand projections on its periphery which tend to bite into the moltenglass and displace definite quantities of glass, depositing suchdisplaced glass on top of the wire mesh. This roller 3 may blongitudinally fluted, as shown; that is to say, these flutings orcorrugations, extending lengthwise of the roll and projecting from itssurface, also preferably extend beyond the diameter of the pitch line ofits conjoined gear, and actupon the surface of the glass in a mannersomewhat similar to the action of the blades oi a paddle wheel upon thesurface of the water; thus this roll both introduces the wire by thecorrugations, as in the Shuinan patents above referred to, and throwsthe molten back over the freshly introduced wire mesh. hen provided withthese longitudinal ilutings or paddles, the diameter of the roll asmeasured in the imlentations between them need not necessarily exceed,or oven equal, the dianic ter of the pitch line oi the conjoined gear.'lhis roll may be construrttul in any other well known manner forcarrying out the functions iunauled.

in Fig. l. i have shown another modified form in which a sheet ol wireglass with an uncren or ondoyant surface is produced by mechanism suchas that shown in Fig. l, and on which sheet is a second pour in advanceoi the finishing roller 7*", whereby the irregularities in the uppersurface of the first tormed sheet are completely covered by a secondlayer or finishing coating of glass.

in Figs. 7) to 53, l ha shown modifications wherein the use of a tableon which the sheet is initially formed is dispensed with. in Fig. 5. l0and ll are two rollers of unequal diameters, to which rolle s areC(Yli'llPlCll driving gears whose pitch line diameters are equal. Theperipheral speeds of rollers l0 and ll are dillerenl, that of it)exceeding that of ll. lil is a, pour of glass on the rollers 10 and ll,and lil is the wire mesh between the pour of glass and the roller 10.

As the rollers 10 and 11 are rotated, the molten glass 1s drawn in thepass between said rollers, the excessive speed of roller 10 seemscrowding the glass downwardly and covering the wire mesh 13, while thelesser peripheral speed of roller 11 has a retarding polishing actionon. the other surface of the sheet of glass. If it is desired to smooththe uneven or ondoyant surface formed by the roller 1(),two finishingrollers 14 driven with equal peripheral speeds may be employed.

In Fig. 6 I have shown the same apparatus as that illustrated in 5, buthave provided a finishing roller 15 cooperating with the second pour ofglass 16 to spread a finishing coating of glass over the uneven surfaceof the first formed sheet.

- In Fig. 7, instead of having the rollers 16 and 11 of unequaldiameters said rollers are of the same diameter, but the pitch lines oftheir conjoined driving gears are of unequal diameters. which producesa- (litterential peripheral speed in the rollers 10 and 11 for the samepurpose described with respect to the construction shown in Fig. 5.

in Fig. 8, l have shown an apparatus for forming two separate sheets oliglass from a single pour 17, the rollers 10" and 11 being of smallerdiameter but having diilerent peripheral speeds, as described withrespect to the construction shown in 7. A roller 18 is intended to bedriven with less peripheral speed than the roller 10", while roller 19is intended to be driven with substantially the same peripheral speed asroller 11. The wire mesh 20, by tension, drawn through the pour 17 andadjacent the roller 10", which roller 10*.for1ns the uneven or ondoyantsurface adjacent the wire mesh. The two sheets of glass, one having wiremesh embedded therein, thus formed are brought tdgcthe and welded byrollers 21.

It will be evident that the application, in wire glass manufacturingapparatus of a roll whose peripheral speed of rotation greater than therelative speed of progres sion between the roll and the table, issusceptible of wide variation and may be utilized in different methodsor such manufacture is it is now being carried on. in speaking ofrelativespeed of progression between the roll and the table, itwill beunderstood that I am referring both to apparatus wherein there is astationary table. and rolls that move forward over it, and to that inwhich the revoluble rollsaremountcd in a stationary frame and the tableis moved l'orward. it will doubtless be found that in other:n'rangcmcnls and types of wire glass apparatus besides "hosespecifically re- 'lcrred to, my imp 'ovcnicnt will have great utility.

Having thus described the invention, what claimed as new and desired tobe secured by Letters Patent is:

1" In a machine for making wire grass, a forming roller, and means forimparting the, 105i excessive peripheral speed to said forming roller,whereby the glass is crowded onto the Wire mesh; substantially asdescribed.

2. In a machine for making wire glass, a forming roller having aconjoined gear, the peripheral speed of said forming roller ex ceeding'that of its conjoined gear, and a wire mesh which is buried beneath thesheet of glass formed by the crowdin action of said forming roller;substantia ly as de scribed.

3. In a machine for making Wire glass, 21. forming roller having anuneven surface, the peripheral speed of said forming roller exceedingthat of its conjoined gear, and a wire mesh which is buried beneath thesheet of glass formed by the crowding action of said forming roller;substantially as described.

4. In a machine for making wine glass, a forming roller having alongitudinally fluted surface, the peripheral speed of said live to thesheet 0t glass living" i oi'nierh;

whereby the molten glass znljacvnt said forming roller is crowded ontothe wire.

mesh, and nit-ans for Slllt'ltitllillg the uneven surface of said sheet;suliistantially as described.

4. machine For melting g t: comprisv in a, forming rollerwhoa-1cpcriphcral spend is greater than its advancing movement relativeto the sheet ot glass being formed, Jilltltlti' an uneven surface isprtulucml on the shoot oi glass, and means for spreading; a second layeror waiting of glass uneven surface of the first formed shoot;substantially as thiscriianl.

8. in a machine for making \virc -lass tho ('fillllil litllOll with aforming roller whose peripheral speed is greater than its advancing;movement relative to the sheet of glass being formed,-ivhercby themolten glass adjaceut said shoot crow-dud onto the wire mesh so as toban said r-siro nicsh in the layer or coating ot surface oi the tirsttially as described. 9. in a machine rollers having (title for n'n'ihingglass, two v cent pcriphcal speeds;

over inc 1 and in the pass between which the sheet of glass is formed;substantially as described.

10. In a machine for malrin sheet: glass, two rollers geared together anhaving different peripheral speeds, in the pass between which rollersthe sheet of glass is formed substantially-as described.

11. In a machine for making sheet glass two rollers in 'the pass betweenwhich the sheet of glass is formed, one of said rollers having aperipheral speed greater than the advancing movement of the sheet ofglass; substantially as descricedi 12. In a machine for making sheetglass, two rollers in the pass between which the sheet of glass isformed, one of said rollers having a peripheral speed less than theadvancing movement of the sheetof glass; substantially as described.

13. In a. machine for making glass, two rollers having differentperipheral. speeds, in the pass between which the sheet of glass formed,one surface of said sheet being uneven, and a smoothing roller having aperipheral speed equal to that of the glass; substantially as described.i

14; In machine for making glass, a

forming roller having a peripheral speed greater than the advancingmovement of the street of glass, and a smoothing roller having aperipl'icral speed substantially the same asthat or" the advancingglass; substantially as described.

In a ,iachine for making a tornpng roller having a peripheral speed a dborlv ol the glass and means for sn'ioc' nng the r. oven surface of theglass; substani tiall as described.

in a machine for maling Wire glass, the combination with forming rollershavin rlitlcrontial peripheral speeds one of said rollers having; a pcIpheral speed e; needing; that of the znlvz-incing' movement of thesheet of glass being tormcrh means for the wire in the body of saidsheet hing the uneven l):-:t;intially defor separately glass and me; ofglass together in Welding relation to each other; substantially asdescribed.

20. A machine for forming 'Wll glass comnrising forming rollers havingdifferential peripheral speed, thepcripheral speed of one of saidrollers exceeding the advancing movement of the sheet of glass beingformed, means for arranging o wire mesh in the bod of said sheet, meansfor forming a separate sheet i rss and means for weldmg the saidseparate sheet of glass to the uneven surface of the first-formed sheet;substantially as described.

21. The herein (i eribed method of male ing wire glass consisting inspreading inolten glass into sheet form, arranging 'Wllt; inesh upon onesurface thereof and simultaneously crowding the glass con; 7' uting onesurface oi said sheet and longitudinally displacing the same onto saidwire mesh; substantially as described.

method of making Wire which cons s in rolling molten into sheet form,introducing a Wire mesh thereinto and sinnlltaueously displacing thesurface glass on one side of said sheet in a lass longitudinal directiononto said Wire mesh;

substantially as described.

1 i The method of making; wire sheet c in forming a glass, e ddiug awire mesh therelnto, and

simultaneously subjecting one surface of said sheet w'pir action so asto place the cu cc a; l more it longitudinally over rue wire mesh;substantially as de- Q l. The n'iethod oi halting wireglass wl'iicliconsists in spreading molten glass into sheet form, introducing Wiremesh into s rice of said sheet at the time it is "iormed, andsimultaneously crowdglass adjacent the surface through no u .ildireetimi onto and ov r the said i e mesh; substantially dc? food.

555. Lilli herein described lllwlfhil of mesh is introduced in a loni 1la l log wiretlass which consists in formin a sheet of glass with a Webof Wire buried. eneath its surface and Within its body and withprotrusions of soft or uncliilled glass upon its surface, and inspreading upon the protrusionbearing surface of such sheet when newlyformed a final finishing layer of glass.

26. in a machine for making Wire-glass the combination with means forforming a sheetof glass having a Web of wireburled beneath its surfaceand Within its body and having also protuberances of soft or un chilledglass upon its surface, of means for spreading upon theprotrusion-bearing surface otsuch sheet a final finishing layer ofglass.

2'1 In a machine for making Wire glass, a roller for embedding Wire inthe molten said roller having means for simultaneously crowding back theglass adjacent the surface relative to the table through which the Wiremesh is introduced in a longitudinal direction onto and orer the Wiremesh substantially as described.

28. in a machine for making Wire glass, a roller for embedding the Wirein the molten when rolled into sheet form, that is provided withlongitudinal corrugations or paddles whereby Wire is introduced into thesheet and the surface thereof displaced rearwurdly with respect to thetable as the roll is moved fOlWt'llCi.

29. Tu a machine for making Wire glass, the combination of a table and aplurality of rolls geared to more longitudinally at a predeicrmined raterelative to the table, one of said rolls being provided with ineanswhereby wire is introduced into the molten glass and the surface of saidis simultaneously displaced rearwardly with respect to the table as theroll is advanced over he table.

In testimony whereof l-hereunto ElillX my signature in the presence oftwo Witnesses,

ifiDWAI-ID Maoorrm.

